A performance at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Conference Promoting Vietnamese Literature and the 3rd International Poetry Festival in Hanoi on February 16 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) ꧟– The 4th International Conference Promoting Vietnamese Literature and the 3rd International Poetry Festival wrapped up in Hanoi onFebruary 20.
Poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Union ofLiterature and Arts Associations and the Vietnam Writers’ Association, saidworkshops and discussions during the events created chances for participants toshare their views on the necessity to seek more solutions to introducingoutstanding works of the country to the world.
They also pointed to problems that need to beaddressed, including the language difference and the modest updating ofinternational friends on Vietnam’s literature development.
He thanked foreign guests for contributing tothe success of the international conference and festival, noting that theseevents sent a message about the aspiration for a world of peace, amity,cooperation and friendship to the people around the world.
The two events coincided with the 17th VietnamPoetry Day that took place in Hanoi and Quang Ninh and Bac Giang provinces fromFebruary 16 to 21.
At the closing ceremony, the organising boardpresented insignias to 30 Vietnamese and foreign writers, poets and translatorswith major contributions to the development of Vietnam’s literature andpoetry.-VNA
The 4th international conference on Vietnamese literature and the 3rd international poetry festival opened in Hanoi on February 16 with the participation of nearly 200 poets, writers and translators from 46 countries and territories around the world.
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A performance at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Conference Promoting Vietnamese Literature and the 3rd International Poetry Festival in Hanoi on February 16 (Photo: VNA) 
